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"find" and "locate" are 2 great command line file search tools but not everybody is a fan of the command line. Fortunately there is a GUI for these as well as other Linux search tools: Catfish, a front-end for both "find" and "locate" as well as some other search tools such as beagle, tracker and strigi.

Using catfish is very simple: select the search method (locate, find, tracker and so on), enter the word to search and click "Find". It also has a few advanced options like selecting the file type (text, image, music or video), fulltext search and it can also search for hidden files (as well as a few other options).